Recently we introduced a new commercial offering designed specifically for companies that run SolidWorks
called Aras EPLM for SolidWorks Enterprise PDM.
It's built on top of SolidWorks best selling EPDM system to provide packaged functionality out-of-the-box for global PLM business processes.
This is a big deal if your company uses SolidWorks because now you can get full scale enterprise-wide PLM functionality without disrupting your SolidWorks design processes or sacrificing your EPDM implementation.
Aras EPLM delivers functionality that is highly sought-after by companies that run SolidWorks EPDM... it turn your SolidWorks CAD BOM into a true Item-based Engineering Bill of Materials (BOM) ready for release to manufacturing, gives you change management on an enterprise level, provides configuration management, qualified supplier AVLs / AMLs, integrated project management for stage-gate processes, quality compliance and a lot more.
Josh Mings over at SolidSmack did a write-up that describes it well called Aras Turns SolidWorks into a Data Chuckin’ PLM Workflow Beast and Randall Newton, Managing Editor over at the Graphic Speak blog, observed that "'Aras Enterprise PLM for SolidWorks Enterprise PDM' fills a hole in the SolidWorks marketplace as big as its name is long." (cracks me up :-)
I think Peter Schroer, Aras President & Founder, explains it best:
"We've been working with SolidWorks users for years and know that SolidWorks Enterprise PDM is by far the best CAD file manager for those designers. Companies are looking for a way to keep what's working and preserve their investment while they address cross-functional, enterprise-wide PLM business processes.
"What we've done is taken our open source PLM solutions, included new out-of-the-box functionality that connects directly to EPDM, and packaged it all up to create a totally new commercial offering that's optimized for companies that run SolidWorks."
There are lots of screenshots, answers to Frequently Asked Questions and more about Aras EPLM for SolidWorks EPDM at http://www.aras-eplm.com/
